The English Baccalaureate 1. As a linguist, I accept the basic “direction of travel” indicated by the E-Bac. I have long argued that it is a national disgrace that so many students leave school without a basic competence in another language. This contributes in no small measure to the negative... | Continue »

There has been a determined campaign by the MFL Twitterati to seek the views of our Deputy Prime Minister on the state of language learning in this country, and what his government proposes to do to support it. Sadly, Mr Clegg has not responded to any of the numerous tweets... | Continue »